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Add to SafariWhen comparing Coggle vs MindManager, the Slant community recommends MindManager for most people. In the question“What are the best mind mapping tools for Mac?” MindManager is ranked 7th while Coggle is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose MindManager is:
MindManager integrates with MS Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word, SharePoint), Box.net and many other tools.
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Pros
Pro Supports Markdown (their own variant)
Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax designed so that it can optionally be converted to HTML using a tool by the same name.
Pro Collaborative
Coggle allows inviting friends and colleagues to work collaboratively on notes and diagrams in real-time.
Pro Pretty diagrams
No effort to create beautiful diagrams.
Pro Supports LaTeX
LaTeX is a document preparation system and document markup language. It is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents.
Pro Allows easy color-coding of paths
Pro Versioning support
Enter history mode to view all changes to a diagram over time, and make a copy from that point.
Pro Optional Chrome store App
Pro Free
Pro Lots of export options
Exports to PDF, image, plaintext and .mm files.
Pro Integrates with a good variety of tools
MindManager integrates with MS Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Word, SharePoint), Box.net and many other tools.
Pro Real-time Gantt charts
Data can be represented as a map and as an outline simultaneously.
Cons
Con Tree relations only; no non-parent links
Coggle's model allows a node to have multiple children, but only one parent, and no other connections of any sort.
Con Unconventional note taking style
Coggle is a mind mapping application, not a traditional text based note storage platform.
Con Odd UI interaction conventions
Some conventions used to interact with the software are either questionable or simply going against what's commonly accepted. For example, right-click + drag will move around, holding down the right-click will open up the context-menu and left-click in an open space will start a new unconnected node. What this results in is constant accidental opening of context-menu then accidental creation of a new node trying to get out of the context-menu.
